9. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 360C of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 360D and 360E of that enactment:-
| 360D. Whoever, for the purpose of placing any person in adoption -
| | (i) arranges for, or assists, a child to travel to a foreign country without the consent of his parent or lawful guardian; | | |
| | (ii) obtains the consent, whether written or oral of a pregnant woman, for money or any other consideration, for the adoption of the unborn child of such woman; | | |
| | (iii) recruits a woman or a couple to bear children; | | |
| | (iv) being a person concerned with the registration of births, knowingly permits the falsification of any register used for the registration of births or any birth record contained in any such register; | | |
| | (v) engages in procuring children from hospitals, shelters for women, clinics, nurseries, day care centres or other child care institutions or welfare centres, for money or other consideration or procures a child for adoption from any such institution or centre, by intimidation of the mother or any other person; or | | |
| | (vi) impersonates the mother or assists in such impersonation, | | |
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| 360E.
| | (1) Whoever, whether within Sri Lanka or from outside Sri Lanka solicits by whatever means-
| | | (a) a person under eighteen years of age; or |
| (b) any person believing such person to be under eighteen years of age, |
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